2 Greeks caught with 2,600-year-old helmet Greek police say they have arrested two men believed to have illegally unearthed a 2,600-year-old bronze helmet.December 9, 2011
Dining with Dara: Cheese from Shepherd's Way Farms Edible gifts are popular and give back to the food community. The gift of cheese is one way to give something that benefits the local community and is quintessentially Minnesotan.December 8, 2011
Nation marks 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Fewer and fewer veterans who experienced the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, are alive to mark the anniversaries. It's possible that the "date that will live in infamy" is becoming a more distant memory.December 8, 2011
American faces verdict for Thai royal insult A court in Thailand is to issue a verdict Thursday in the case of an American citizen charged with defaming the royal family, a grave crime punishable by up to 15 years in jail.December 8, 2011
Guatemala: US syphilis experiments exposed 2,082 A Guatemala investigation of a 1940s U.S. experiment that intentionally infected people in the Central American nation with sexually transmitted diseases says the number of victims is higher than previously thought.December 7, 2011
Renville County mega cattle feedlot nearly done Just as everything lined up and ready to go, world financial markets erupted in turmoil with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, forcing Tom Revier and Dave Revier to put plans on hold.December 7, 2011
Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Ignore 'The Birds,' embrace the crows As they do with the coming of winter every year, thousands upon thousands of crows -- maybe even millions -- have started to swarm, caw and roost each night in downtown Minneapolis.December 7, 2011
Vatican university hosts unusual tattoo conference Tattooed mummies in ancient Egypt, Crusaders who branded their foreheads with crosses, and New Zealand's inked Maori warriors were fodder for an unusual conference at a Vatican university Tuesday on the role of tattoos in shaping identity.December 6, 2011
Utne Reader leaving Minnesota for Kansas Utne Reader is the only national magazine based in the Twin Cities; it was founded by Eric Utne in 1984 as a digest to the alternative press.December 6, 2011